Quotes about Achievement

There is but a step between a proud man's glory and his disgrace.

Many men build as cathedrals are built-the part nearest the ground finished, but that part which soars toward heaven, the turrets and the spires, forever incomplete.

The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious occupation of manhood.

The temple of fame stands upon the grave: the flame that burns upon its altars is kindled from the ashes of great men.

The man who builds a factory, builds a temple.

When a man's knowledge is sufficient to attain, and his virtue is not sufficient to enable him to hold, whatever he may have gained, he will lose again.

It is reasonable that a man should be something worthier at the end of the year than he was at the beginning.

Develop a Plan for Personal Growth Success is something you attract by the person you become. —Jim Rohn

Taking responsibility for where you are in life at this moment is your foundation for success. It means you accept responsibility for the things you do and the things you fail to do. Living an excuse-free life starts you on the pathway to success.

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood who strives valiantly who errs and comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause who at best, knows the triumph of high achievement and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.

It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things.

It may be true that he travels farthest who travels alone, but the goal thus reached is not worth reaching.